Three years ago, Lyla Silverthorn was framed by her adopted sister Mira, abandoned by her parents, and betrayed by Caleb Cross, the Alpha who once loved her. Her moon core was carved out, her voice burned away by silver poison, and her name reduced to the black-market number R-17. When Caleb buys her at auction for $200,000, he has no idea he has found his lost Luna. As the Moon Crown awakens and exposes every lie, Lyla refuses their late remorse and cuts the soul-bond chain to claim her freedom.